Iraqi Kurdistan

Azerbaijani Prostitutes Flock to Turkey

An influx of Azerbaijani prostitutes, some the victims of crime, some the perpetrators, is shaking up eastern Turkey.

15 May 03

High unemployment in Georgia spawns rogue job centres which rob their customers.

9 May 03

Dramatic proof of president's shaky health raises doubts as to whether he can really seek a third term in office this autumn.

25 Apr 03

Thousands of Kurds forced to leave Nagorny Karabakh a decade ago find themselves under threat once more.

11 Apr 03

Council of Europe is pressing for a special international tribunal to deal with war crimes in Chechnya.

11 Apr 03

Tbilisi is beginning to try to combat the steady loss of its artistic heritage.

3 Apr 03

A Russian Orthodox church in Baku has opened its doors for the first time in eight decades.

3 Apr 03

A row over leadership of the Azerbaijani football federation is virtually shutting down the whole national game

27 Feb 03

The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil project may have been given the green light, but local environmentalists are still seeing red.

5 Dec 02

The terror crisis in Moscow has given President Putin a new lease of political life.

31 Oct 02

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